Is the following Hadith authentically established: "There is no prayer for a man in his house without an excuse," and what is the expiation for the sin of transmitting it if it is not authentic?
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The meaning you mentioned to your father is correct, and there is a to that effect: "Whoever hears the call [to prayer] and does not come, there is no prayer for him except for one with an excuse." This was narrated by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni, Ibn Hibban, and Al-Hakim, and its chain of narration meets the conditions of Muslim, though some preferred to consider it mawquf (a saying of a companion rather than the Prophet).
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